St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-18
Which Was Swept by Sword
and Flame During the
Rebellion.
The Receptions at Nashville
and Chattanooga Very
Enthusiastic.
The Executive Presented With
Handsome Souvenirs of
Famous Battles.


vile had something the appearance of a
| convention. Middle Tennessee claimed
the president for its own for brief
half day, and had sent its representa-
tives in hundreds from all quarters to
do the hOnorS of the entertainment.
Ehe streets of the city were crowded as
they never were before since the days
of Pap" Thomas occupancy, and were
decorated from cellar to crest in the
! richest conceivable manner. 1t is not
. strange that some enthusiast should
have imagined confederate flag among
/ the old devices, by the way, for no pos
Sible combination of the national cOlors
seems to be missing; yet search by the
responsible authorities failed to bring
to light anything to which the
most devoted loyalist could object.
Mammoth pictures in every grade of
artistic excellence spanned the thor
olghfares or covered the fronts of prom
inent buildings. and banners nominat-
ing the guest of the day for second term
were as thick as blackberries. The
president and all his party at Belle
Meade were early astir this morning.
and after leiSurely breakfast wended
their way to the little picturesque rail
road station upon the place. and were in
waiting with Gen. Jackson, their host,
who wore the badges and regalia of the
grand marshal of the day, when. the
special train backed up from Nashville:
Mrs. Villas, the reported invalid of yes!
terday, canre aboard
SMILING G-PLEASANTLY -
and with all the others declared herself
as we'll as usual. A short run of fifteen
or twenty minutes brought the train to
the.fair ground in the outskirts of the
city. where the passengers alighted
amid the pomp and ceremony of the
lays reception. The governor and his
guard, mounted and brilliantly eani-
formed, and a corps of Inarshals We're
in attendance; the guests were placed
in carriages, driven within the fair
grounds enclosure and to the handsome
club house of the association, where the
| members of committees and others con-
nccted with the receptions cercmOnialS
were presented to the president. AT
$40 a procession was formed and the
march to the city begun TO the music of
a presidential salute of artillery. The
route lay through the fine grounds of
the Vanderbilt university. The pupils
| of the institution were drawn up
| in front of the university building and
as the presidents carriage came up
| they received HIM with cheers, i'll ac-
| acknowledgement of which he raised his
hat and bowed. Chancellor Garland
| addressed the president, expressing the
| pleasure it gave to all connected with
| the institution to welcome him. The
students waved their hats and cheered
again, and the march was resumed. AS
| it proceeded the several divisions of the
procession, consisting of the military
| and civic organizations, benevolent or
ders, state, county and municipal au-
! thUrities, and the city schools, were
| passed in review, and fell into their
places behind. the principal streets of
| the city were traverSed, the popuiace of
all grades and conditions being out
upon the sidewalks. When the Max
well house was reached Mrs. Cleveland
and her escort alighted and entered the
| hotel, in whose spacious and beautifully
adorned parlOrs
- SHE HELD RECEPTION
| to the ladies of Nashville. The presi-
! dent and the procession made their way
| to the capitol, where the welcoming
! f0rniahties took place. A stand had
been erected for the purpose, but a
| sprinkling of rain with promise of a
/ shower led at the last moment to a
| change of programme, with some re-
| sulting confusion. The president was
| first escorted to the governors room
/ and thence, after some intrOductiOnS,
| back to the rOtunda. From this point
I he went to the south front, where upon
! the spacious stOne-pillared pOrticO Gov
! Taylor received him in the name of the
| state and people. A considerable crowd
/ of people made its way into the capitol,
| miSled by the change of programme,
| and these. in their efforts to get within
hearing distance, made it difficult for
the marshals to keep those in front
! from being pushed upon the president
The great mass remaining in front were
unaware that any fOrmalitieS were in
progress and kept up its din and cheer
ing almost incessantly. The result of
course was THAI no one not within five
or six feet of the speakers heard word
ofthe speeches. Gov. Taylor'S speech
was brief but eloquent expression of
the hospitality of this section, and that
pfsHon. A. S. Colyar, editor of the
Nashville American, embodied an elO-
ouent tribute to the character of the
president. TO both
! THE PRESIDENT REPLIED AS FOLLOWS: :
regret tnat my stay to-day at the capitol
of Tennessee must be necessarily SO brief as
tocurtaif q coveted opportunity to sec more
al leisure this handsome city and its hospia-
BILE people, Nashville's beautiful location
| the fertility of its surrounding country. and
and the wealth of mineral resources in its
immediate neighborhood gave early promise
of its material growth and greatness. The
| variety and perfection of the agricultural
| products of your region, your extensive bust
ness, your superior horses and live stock of
| every description demonstrate that your ad-
| va1itages have not been neglected, while your
| mineral riches. which have not fully devel-
oped, assure additional prosperity in the
future. do not propose 10 dwell
upon the details of your present
commanding position among the cities of
| the South only mentioning that the inactiv-
| ity md enterprise of your people has placed
! Nashville among the largest centers of trade
and merchandise south Of the Ohio river, nd
in some departments near the head of all the
tei;ies of the land. 1t happened that early in
| your municipal life your citizens saw an APP
preciated the advantages of education re-
fnemept and culture and thus as the city
grew, they became entwined IN its growth
and spread abroad their branches, until this
Is deservedly known as the Athens of the
South. The number of your colleges and
universities and the institutions of learning
| of every kind located In the midst of your nc
tiyities where ali, whether white or black
the best citizenship, make secure your
possession of the title you have earned
ltis not an important fact that your cityjs
u eileadquarters, so to speak, of Southern
Methadisn the home of two of its bishops
and he places of the publication and distri-